Table 2
Number and percentage of seniors with unmet needs for professional home care, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada, 2009

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Table 2
Number and percentage of seniors with unmet needs for professional home care, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of number and percentage of seniors with unmet needs for professional home care. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), total, men, women, number ('000), % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Total Men Women
Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Total 180 4.1 3.7 4.6 52 2.6 2.1 3.3 128 5.3Note  4.7 6.1
Age group (years)  
65 to 74Note  77 3.2 2.6 4.0 22 1.9Note E: Use with caution 1.3 2.8 55 4.4Note  3.4 5.6
75 to 84 69 4.7Note * 4.0 5.6 19 3.0Note E: Use with caution 2.1 4.2 50 6.1Note *Note  5.1 7.3
85 or older 33 6.7Note * 5.5 8.2 10 6.0Note *Note E: Use with caution 3.8 9.3 22 7.1 5.8 8.7
Living arrangements  
Alone 80 6.2Note * 5.5 7.1 19 5.6Note * 4.3 7.4 60 6.5Note * 5.6 7.5
With othersNote  100 3.2 2.7 3.9 32 2.0 1.5 2.7 68 4.6Note  3.7 5.8
Main source of income  
Social assistance/Old Age Security/ Guaranteed Income Supplement 59 6.8Note * 5.8 8.1 14 4.6Note *Note E: Use with caution 3.0 7.1 45 8.0Note *Note  6.7 9.6
OtherNote  105 3.3 2.8 3.9 32 2.1 1.6 2.7 72 4.4Note  3.6 5.4
Personal care limitation  
NoneNote  137 3.3 2.9 3.9 42 2.3 1.7 2.9 94 4.3Note  3.6 5.1
Some 37 15.5Note * 12.6 18.9 8 9.6Note *Note E: Use with caution 6.4 14.2 29 18.6Note *Note  14.9 22.8
Severe 6 19.7Note E: Use with caution 12.5 29.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4 21.3Note E: Use with caution 12.8 33.2
Mobility limitation  
NoneNote  145 3.5 3.0 3.9 45 2.4 1.8 3.0 100 4.4Note  3.7 5.2
Some 29 19.8Note * 15.5 24.9 4 10.4Note *Note E: Use with caution 5.9 17.8 25 23.0Note *Note  17.8 29.1
Severe 5 29.2Note E: Use with caution 18.3 43.1 2 42.6Note *Note E: Use with caution 23.0 64.9 3 23.2Note *Note  Note E: Use with caution 11.8 40.5
Health Utility Index  
No or mild disabilityNote  30 1.3Note E: Use with caution 0.9 1.9 6 0.5Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.9 24 1.9Note  Note E: Use with caution 1.2 3.1
Moderate disability 33 3.8Note *Note E: Use with caution 2.9 5.1 9 2.4Note *Note E: Use with caution 1.3 4.4 24 5.0Note *Note  3.7 6.7
Severe disability 108 10.4Note * 9.2 11.8 35 8.2Note * 6.3 10.4 74 12.0Note *Note  10.4 13.9
Type of unmet needNote §  
Medical 25 0.6 0.4 0.7 9 0.5Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.7 15 0.6 0.5 0.9
Personal 53 1.2 1.0 1.5 16 0.8Note E: Use with caution 0.6 1.2 37 1.5Note  1.2 1.9
Housework 122 2.8 2.4 3.3 31 1.6 1.2 2.1 91 3.8 3.2 4.5
Transportation 36 0.8 0.6 1.0 12 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.4 1.1 24 1.0 0.8 1.3
Meal 35 0.8 0.6 1.1 13 0.7Note E: Use with caution 0.4 1.1 22 0.9 0.7 1.2
Appointment 10 0.2Note E: Use with caution 0.1 0.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 5 0.2Note E: Use with caution 0.1 0.3
Province  
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 3.2Note E: Use with caution 2.2 4.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2 5.1Note  Note E: Use with caution 3.5 7.4
Prince Edward Island 0.5 2.8Note *Note E: Use with caution 1.8 4.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.4 3.6Note E: Use with caution 2.1 6.1
Nova Scotia 5 3.5Note E: Use with caution 2.5 4.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4 5.1Note E: Use with caution 3.6 7.2
New Brunswick 4 3.4Note E: Use with caution 2.3 4.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3 4.8Note E: Use with caution 3.1 7.4
Quebec 45 4.1 3.2 5.3 14 2.8Note E: Use with caution 1.7 4.6 31 5.1 3.7 6.9
Ontario 71 4.2Note E: Use with caution 3.4 5.2 18 2.4Note E: Use with caution 1.6 3.6 53 5.7 4.4 7.4
Manitoba 7 4.5 3.3 6.2 2 2.6Note E: Use with caution 1.5 4.4 5 6.1Note E: Use with caution 4.1 9.0
Saskatchewan 4 3.0Note *Note E: Use with caution 2.1 4.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3 4.1Note E: Use with caution 2.8 6.2
Alberta 13 3.6Note E: Use with caution 2.6 5.0 4 2.6Note E: Use with caution 1.3 4.9 9 4.5Note E: Use with caution 3.0 6.7
British Columbia 29 4.7 3.7 6.1 11 3.7Note E: Use with caution 2.3 6.0 18 5.6 4.2 7.4
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
reference category; reference category for province is all other provinces.
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
significantly different from men (p<0.05)
§ respondents could select more than one type
Source: 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey—Healthy Aging.